Johnathan Edwards and His Use of Sensory Perception
Johnathan Edwards was a man that developed a very skillful and effective way of persuading sinners to repent. This can easily be observed in his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Throughout the sermon, he uses descriptive language and paints vivid pictures in order to get his message across to the congregation. Johnathan Edwards used sensory perception to emphasize God’s strength and greatness of his wrath, as well as to strike the fear and horrors of hell into those listening to him speak.
The ability of Edwards to create such a powerful vision of God was essential to his cause of getting sinners to repent. In building God up to be of the highest power and greatest strength, he leaves no doubt in the mind of the people of God’s authority over their fate. According to the Heath Anthology of American Literature, in his sermon, Edwards says, “We find it easy to tread on and crush a worm that we see crawling on......
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